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Wondering if you’re even allowed to purchase any of them or if they’re just considered public land. Although IIRC Sweden has laws that allow fair use of lands for camping and stuff for short periods of time as long as your not near someone’s house or farm.
A friend of mine and her husband own an island in Sweden. They hold retreats there and also rent it out as an Airbnb.
You heard this and didn't immediately request for them to step up to the guillotine? Are you even a Lemmy user?
Oh shit, you're right. Why do I even still consider her a friend? I need to cut her out of my life.
Actually, I haven't talked to her in a few years. We went to high school together ('89-'93) and just reconnect every so often.
Also I just looked it up and I was mistaken about the retreats. They actually let people stay for free at the island for a week. They call it "Ideas Island" and let creative people stay there to help them get the creative juices flowing. I read a quote from her husband that went something like: "Your book could change someone's life. If there's a book in you, write it."
But yes, they do also rent it out as an Airbnb.
i'm sure a lot of the islands are part of nature reserves, but also a lot of them are already privately owned with a house or dozen on them, especially around stockholm/gothenburg.
You can totally find some island somewhere to purchase and live on, it's just tedious and the island will probably be located in bumfuck nowhere and now you suddenly need both a boat and a car to get anywhere, and it takes 2 hours to get to the closest grocery store..
as for allemansrätten, if you have a tiny island with a house on it that is honestly about the only way to nullify the right to roam, since you're not allowed to go near houses.